Morning Reads: GOP ‘Scandals’ Run Into Trouble; CBS’ Colbert Pick Sparks Outrage
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April 11, 2014

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Good morning — and happy Friday! Today is both National Pet Day and National Cheese Fondue Day. Warning: We don’t recommend giving your pet cheese fondue.

Sebellius out –> After five years shepherding the ACA forward, Health and Human Services boss Kathleen Sebellius stepped down yesterday. Rachel Maddow questioned the timing of the move, writes Arturo Garcia at The Raw Story.

HIV epidemic –> Sarah Stillman reports for The New Yorker that HIV has become a “plague” in the Deep South.

BENGHAZI!!!!! –> Donna Cassata reports for the AP that “Buck” McKeon, the Republican chair of the Hou...

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